Community Stories

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Artisanal Mining, A Blessing and A Curse, Sekhukhune South Africa By Mmathapelo Thobajane Voice note 1 Hello I am Mmathapelo Thobajane , I am an activists in the Bench Marks Community Monitors school and a member of SEJN. Community Monitors have been monitoring the new “illegal” chrome mining activities in Sekhukhune land. “illegal” chrome …

Artisanal Mining , A Blessing and A Curse – Marange Zimbabwe By Billian Matambo August 2018 Voice Note 1 Hello everybody my name is Billian Matambo a Zimbabwean by nationality and I’m from Manicaland province from the popular Marange area where diamonds are being mined. I am a member of the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied …

Artisanal Mining , A Blessing and A Curse – Kitwe Zambia By Nsama Musonda Kearns Voice Note 1 Greetings to you all dear listeners, My name is Nsama Musonda Kearns and I am based Zambia, I run a community based organization known as World Wide Care for Nature. Today am very delighted to be given this …

Tunatazama is a southern African network of community organisations living near mines. This network is supported by The Benchmarks Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Zimbabwe Environment Law Association, Centre for Environment Justice, Associação de Apoio e Assistência Jurídica às Comunidades, Norwegian Church Aid - Tanzania, and the Maluti Community Development Forum.